Membership Information

The
Magoffin County Historical Society invites you to become a member of our group.
Members receive our printed journals that are mailed out quarterly (usually February,
June, September, and December). Each Journal contains at least 40 pages of
material on eastern Kentucky genealogy and history. We print family articles and
queries, also stories about our people and area. We collect and print church,
school, newspaper, and court records from the past.

We
invite contributions of material on eastern Kentucky families to include in our Journal.
If you would like to become a member, the fee is $15 per year. If you would like
to see if our material would be of benefit to you we will send you an issue from
a previous year of our Journal for $4.

Our
goal is to collect, preserve, and disseminate the history and genealogy of our
eastern Kentucky region. Our forefathers, many of whom were veterans of the
Revolutionary War, settled the area and carved a home for their families from
the wilderness. These hardy pioneers loved these mountains, as do their
descendants. We believe we should keep alive the spirit and memory of those who
came before us. We believe knowledge of our history and ancestry gives us the
impetus to build a better future for those who come after us.

Our Genealogy Library

The
Genealogy Library of the Magoffin County
Historical Society is located next door to the Lloyd M. Hall Community
Center in Salyersville, KY. We occupy the building formerly used by the
Salyersville Post Office. Our address is 191 South Church Street,
Salyersville, KY 41465. Our telephone number is 606-349-1607,
Fax number is 606-349-1353.

Our Cabin Complex

The new
Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museumis located at 191 South Church Street in Salyersville, Kentucky between WRLV
Salyersville Radio station and the Lloyd M. Hall Community Center. Presently
we have a collection of 19 authentic log buildings that have been
reconstructed on our grounds.

Our log cabin
structures serve as living history centers with displays and demonstrations
of early crafts. We are presently accepting furnishings and artifacts of
early pioneer settlers for display in our Log Cabin Complex. We request
donations of items from anyone along with a written history of each item. We
are continuing to catalog and work on displays of these materials for our
museum.

Honored
Pioneer Families and Events

These are
Magoffin County pioneer families and events we have honored over the years:

ADAMS

1979

PRATER

1980

SALYER

1981

PATRICK

1982

ARNETT

1983

CONLEY

1984

HOWARD

1985

BAILEY

1986

WIREMAN

1987

MONTGOMERY

1988

ALLEN

1989

REED

1990

MINIX

1991

MAY

1992

RISNER

1993

LYKINS

1994

WILLIAMS

1995

HELTON

1996

JENKINS

1997

CIVIL
WAR

1998

SHEPHERD

1999

HOMECOMING

2000

VANDERPOOL

2001

MILLER

2002

GULLETT

2003

WHITAKER

2004

HAMMOND

2005

VETERANS

2006

CARPENTER

2007

FLETCHER

2008

MANN / MANNS

2009

SESQUICENTENNIAL

2010

JOSEPH

2011

MARSHALL

2012

RUDD

2013

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